diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
index b3a6fca4cf40..a5c5ecdca76b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ private function parseDefinition($id, $service, $file)
      *
      * @throws \InvalidArgumentException When loading of XML file returns error
      */
-    private function parseFile($file)
+    protected function parseFile($file)
     {
         $internalErrors = libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
         $disableEntities = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
index 6ef3e7317ca8..71de4ac6592f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ private function parseDefinition($id, $service, $file)
      *
      * @return array The file content
      */
-    private function loadFile($file)
+    protected function loadFile($file)
     {
         return $this->validate(Yaml::parse($file), $file);
     }